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STS-46 Mission Specialist Nicollier of the European Space Agency (ESA) uses a camera through a window shade covering overhead window W7 on the aft flight deck of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104. Nicollier is conducting the Tether Optical Phenomena (TOP) experiment. The camera is mounted on a bracket attached to the onorbit station panel A6 and is equipped with image intensifiers and special filters. Surrounding Nicollier are the aft flight deck viewing window W9, aft window shades, the pilots station seat back and checklists clipped overhead. Other camera equipment, including a Hasselblad 70MM camera, also appears in the view.